The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, Volumes I–IV: Early Version

by John Wycliffe

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

, 1850

Overview

Published between the years 1382–1395, the Wycliffe Bible is one of the earliest and most recognizable English translations of the Bible. Translated from the Latin Vulgate, the Wycliffe Bible was published with the intent to give the common people a Bible in their language, because according to Wycliffe, it profits greatly when a person can study the Bible in their own tongue and by so doing come to know Christ as Savior. Although the Wycliffe Bible was never an “authorized” translation in its time, nevertheless it remains the most common manuscript literature in Middle English remaining today.

Product Details

• Title: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, Volumes I–IV: Early Version
• Author: John Wycliffe
• Volume: I–IV
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1850
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Era: era:medieval
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › English
• Resource ID: LLS:WYCLIFFEBBLEARLY
• Resource Type: Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:11:50Z

About John Wycliffe

John Wycliffe (1324-1384), also spelled Wyclif, lived almost 200 years before the Reformation, but his beliefs and teachings closely match those of Luther, Calvin and other Reformers. As a man ahead of his time, historians have called Wycliffe the Morning star of the Reformation.

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